Game apparatus.



S. A. MISCHANSKI.

GAME APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 050.1. 1912.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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STEPHEN A. MISC'EAN'SKI, OF BAYGNNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALEX VIOJTKOWSKI, OE BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Becember 1, 1917. Serial No. 204,846.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. lVIISGHAN- snI, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, but having declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to games and toys and has particular reference to an apparatus involving, more or less, the features of a game of chance and in any of its forms involves the combination of a table or stand having a series of pits or pockets variously graded as to score values, a series of balls or the like, and a projecting device housed in a secluded portion of the apparatus but adapted to eject forcibly the several balls in succession from the hidden or secluded chamber or reservoir so that they shall be brought into the general field oi' the pits or pockets in the playing oi the game.

Among the objects of the invention, therefore, is to provide an apparatus including a rotary member for the actuation of the ejector and so arranged that the projectiles or balls shall be acted on in rapid succession or in accordance with the speed of rotation of the rotary member.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on the line 2-2.

Fig. 3 is an elevation looking toward the right hand end of the device as seen in Fig. 1.

"-i is a vertical transverse section on the line H of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

V Fig. 6 is a side elevation of What may be termed the magazine or abutment member.

Fig. 7 is a diagram of somewhat the character of Fig. a, but showing in dotted lines the path of the ejector spring with respect to the cam groove formed in the abutment member.

Fig. 8 is a plan view or a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line 9-9.

Fig. 10 is a vertical section at right angles to Fig. 9 and on the line 10-10 thereoi, but indicating the rotary actuator cam in a changed position; and

Fig. 11 is a detail View of the ejector portions of the device corresponding to the central part of Fig. 9, but with the actuator cam in that position in which the cam is at its iii-aximum throw or just prior to the release of the actuator.

Referring now more particularly to the form of the invention first referred to I show table or rack comprising a substantially flat board 15 having a smooth upper surface and of any desired relative proportions or dimensions. This board may be supported in any suitable manner or position but preferably in a level position as upon feet 16 and 17 constituting portions of end pieces 18 and 19, the latter constituting what I term herein as an abutment or magazine member. The board 15 is provided also with upwardly projecting side walls or flanges 20. At any desired place between the end members 18 and 19 is arranged a transverse plate or baiiie 21 shown in this instance as arranged in a vertical plane parallel to the end members and at approximately one third of the distance from the member 18 toward the abutment member. The battle member is provided with a gateway 22 at the center of its lower edge. This baide divides the board into two fields A and B, the field A being the larger and nearer the abutment member 19.

The abutment member as shown best in Fig. 6 is channeled or slotted at 23, the channel extending from an upper corner diagonally downwardly toward the center thereof Where the channel terminates at a level just slightly below the level of the top of the board 15. The upper edge of the JlJUl'THQTlt member '2 inc T ed reermiiflly hal l proiioc n leaf spring- 39 hurling one towzml the channel Lheremi l to the outer face of the {llSli a tubular receiver 2 FQBlGFHJE ne zzheed i elot 3b. The tree end or may he 11m do us an int inrt t 21 he spring is hent inwardly through the slot 5 plate Ml to the on and terminates directly opposite the loWer- 70 the a member 1 i 1, is $11? meet llilli at the pit. The SDQCQ provided etiintinll r hat but for the eeeiver. l V9011 the lug; 28 end the lower larger end The receiver tube \XlQIHTlS uuihe slo iunple for the spring 39 to i i la therethrougih agar 51' the lowerwhereby this: hell is pit through the hoocl 29 and ownrtl or against the loathe Joni-cl 21. The free en zl of the spring at this time pi'usees carried with the continued (liel: upwardly along the 0 an. the bottom of the cam 1 The lug however; early stated to receive and hold the 1 turn in poei Ten to he struck hr J t he completion or the next rog5 ihe dish. The free N during the rotation of v drugged or 'ierl up over the e i n of the haze (lOl'lFfl l r ej eet-ecl forci- 75 jGClllG? K V such we u or" the game tuhulur reeeix belle he rvhere the'\' roll 1 where lov plate and Small e .u l he the magazine n t balls to rol into 3 e lii'er v in urn. .1 arranged in e (lie e'oi 'iel to the euiell circle or glide with eoiuperem;

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'i'otec for roiul'ion ,t i r-roriclel with a lltiiat i x. 1 it r entl of the spring; will m of which pro- PREP; iiurb the position fllltl throu i of the next hall in turn. The operation of 5 l t this form of the invention may be briefly 1 Summarized as follov The player will turn the crank and lie I in clockwiee direction as iirlieatecl h v the arrow on Fig. 7 it any (l ecl rate of speecl or regularity At 1 to llOlfl oh complete ro'! tion of the (lislr the sprin cli'-;olaeewill snap through the slot encl eject he lowermost hell or env hall at the bottom F dish hettoi u 7 onery guicle the ei'er edge e t, l L th an we the pit: (hiringit suddenly through the shroed sli whi h j hood :1; rl Cfillilngf it usually to impinge Divot meeting the braille hoard 2-1. whence the hell :entrie as Will roll zlOUDtl the field A with the possi- 5; a hilitv 0 locating; in some one of uuniher mm of reee ii licetecl at ll which may he 5 the ruriouel iclenriiiecl according to the Scoring ie pit, ml the game, u eoine cue howe er. the "more belle n pa e through the gatewuv uutl istunso enter the second field l3 which may he 'cli given 2 higher value in the final seore and "th ere nclrle greatly to the intereet of the game. 0,

:2 ll SOlHGlliDQS further occurs that the hell s uhstn ntie :1 slot 38 that & retlii': of the (iii-ll; lilttlf Q tial to :2 ch or" about one gthe axis of the operate and not likely to get out of order or constitute in any way a dangerous plaything. Small children are amused almost indefinitely in the playing of it and the keeping of the score constitutes an educational quality.

In practice the invention may assume a form such as indicated in Figs. 8 to 11 inclusive although the broad principles of the operation are similar to those already set invention I pro- I forth. In this form of the vide a table 42 supported as by feet 43 so as to lie preferably level and provided with a bounding upstanding wall or flange it. This table may be of any suitable size or dimensions. At any convenient point the table is provided with a vertical hole 45 therethrough. Beneath this hole is arranged a pit L6 having a slot or opening 46 in its bottom arranged substantially in the vertical axis of the hole 45. This pit structure may be formed of any suitable material preferably sheet metal so as to provide ample strength and rigidity as well as cheapness for the purpose. At one side the pit structure is provided with a flange or extension at constituting a bearing for one end of a rotary tubular magazine a8. This magazine is supported in an inclined positiomthe outer end thereof being journaled in a bearing 49 adjacent to one side Wall or edge of the table. See Fig. 9. The magazine 48 is inclined So that any desired number of balls inserted into the open outer end thereof will roll freely in succession toward the pit and come to rest in the slot or depression 46 thereof. The magazine 4:8 is provided at its outer end with a crank 50 whereby it is adapted to be turned by the hand of the player in a clock-wise direction as shown by the arrow in Fig. 10.

In this form of the invention the leaf spring 51 is combined with the stop lug feature 52. The spring instead of being connected to the rotating part is fixed at one end at 58 to a stationary portion 54: of the structure, while the free end portion of the spring carries the lug 52. The normal position of the lug is indicated in Fig. 9 where it projects upward through the slot 46 in position to constitute a barrier or stop for the series of balls 26 in the magazine.

A fiat spiral cam 55 is secured around the lower end of the magazine 41:8 and is rotated by the magazine in a plane perpendicular to magazine. The plane in which the cam is located intersects the portion of the lug 52 preferably just over the free end of the spring. See Figs. 9 and 11. While the cam is thus rotated the radial throw of the cam acts to force the spring downwardly putting it under tension, carrying the stop lug 52 below the slot 416 permitting the lowermost ball to roll into the slot. See Fig. 11. The moment, however, that the end of the larger portion of the cam is reached the spring snaps forcibly toward the axis of the magazine with the result that the lug 52 impinges forcibly against the ball located at that time in the slot 46 projecting the ball up through the hole do in the table. In this as well as the other form of the in- 'ention there is a pronounced click incident to the projecting action and this adds interest also to the playing of the game.

56 indicates a baffle supported in any suitable manner as by means of a pedestal 5'? directly above-the hole 45. This bailie may be of any suitable form depending upon the size or form of the table. As indicated, however, I form it somewhat like a cone with the apex thereof lying in the axis of the hole but spaced above it. The face of the cone, however, is concaved so as to de flect the balls don nwardly as well as out wardly when the balls are caused to strike against the same due to the impact of the lug 52. From the battle 56 the balls drop at some uncertain point upon the table top where they are free to roll with the possibility of landing in any one of a series of its indicated at 58 which may be variously identified numerically for the purposes of the score. As indicated in Fig. 8 I also mark on the face of the table what would appear to be runways or paths 59 leading from the central hole at?) to the several pits 58. These pits likewise may be given nu merical values whereby if any of the halls come to rest thereon the score will be modified accordingly. In any form of the invention the table top may be faced with baize, felt, or the like, indicated at 60.

I claim:

1. The herein described game apparatus comprising, in combination, a table having a series of pockets formed therein, a battle cooperating with the table top, a pit structure adjacent to the table and having a passageway leading therefrom toward the bathe, one or more projectiles, and rotary means cooperating with the projectiles to eject them singly from the pit toward or against the bathe, whence they may roll into any of said pockets.

2. In a game apparatus of the character set forth, the combination of a board, a baffle arranged over the board a pit structure 00- operating with aportion of the board, there being provided a passageway from the pit toward the baffle, a series of projectiles, and projecting means including a spring and a rotating member to cause the projectiles to be snapped forcibly in succession from the pit toward the baths.

3. In a game apparatus, the combimitimi of a receiving field or board having a series of pockets formed therein, a battle cooperating with the field, a pit structure adjacent to the field and having a passageway leading toward the hafiie, a projectile, means (0 of 1- fieici having variously numbered st aguide the projectile to the pit, a spring time fhel'eon, one 01* more projectiles, and 10 ejector serving to eject the pmjectile from actuating means coiiperacing in succession the pit toward the haffle whence ii? (32:11 h with the projectiles to dehi'el' them upon the mile intn one of the pockets, and rotary field, said actuating means including a means serving to control the operation (if fhe spring and cam HlQChLUliSi'll acting t0 confrni spring. the active position of the spring.

4. In a game apparatus, the combination STEPHEH A. MISCHAJSKH.

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